NY Press has an interview with Laura Leu, who will lead tomorrow's Bunnette Bootcamp.
The new poll asks who you think will be named IFOCE rookie of the year at the Nathan's finals ceremonies.
Lily "Miss Busy Lady" has emailed that she will be selling competitive eating T-shirts at the San Francisco area qualifier to raise money for breast cancer research for the American Cancer Society.
(From "Furious" Pete) Mandarin restaurants in Ontario will offer free buffets on July 1 to Canadian citizens.
Youtube has a video of Ian Hickman winning the Jake's Burgers qualifier in New Castle Delaware.
A hot dog eating contest in Prince George, British Columbia tomorrow will award $500 to the winner ($250 to the runner up)
The website for Los Gallos Mexican Grill in Baton Rouge, LA announces that it will hold a contest Saturday which will apparently award a $1,000 gift certificate to the first 10 finishers of a giant burrito.
IFOCE.com announces that Pete Davekos, Brian Subich and Kevin Ross are expected to compete in Saturday's San Francisco-area Nathan's qualifier.
A craigslist posting announces that a hot dog eating contest awarding $250 will be held in Miami on July 3.
IFOCE.com announces that the elephants' opponents in the July 3 bun eating contest will be Pat Bertoletti, Juliet Lee and Tim Brown.
OurSportsCentral reports that Adam Richman will attempt the Fifth Third Burger Challenge at the July 15 West Michigan Whitecaps game.
$100 will now be awarded to a diner who completes the Belly Buster pizza challenge at Pizza Party in Santa Clara if the pizza is topped with pepperoni, pepperoni Bagel Bites, pepperoni Pizza Rolls and pepperoni Hot Pockets.
PennLive reports that "Big" Brian Subich will compete in the San Francisco area Nathan's qualifier on Saturday, and then compete in the beef tips contest on Sunday.
CrazyInSuburbia reports that Adam Richman attempted the Kitchen Sink sundae at San Francisco Creamery Co in Walnut Creek, CA yesterday for an upcoming episode of Man vs. Food
Chris and Rob's will sponsor a hot dog eating contest at 49er Days in Ridley, Minnesota Saturday awarding $250 in cash to the winner.
OurSportsCentral has an article about the Fifth Third burger challenge offered by the West Michigan Whitecaps. 915 burgers have been sold, 174 people have attempted the burger challenge and 99 challenge attempts have been successful. The current record is 17 minutes.
Gurgitweets has posted a picture of a Mount Rushmore consisting of competitive eaters from the United States. A Gurgitwitter.com web site is coming soon.
SportsBook Nathan’s finals bets
(Via Gambling911) Sportsbook has several bets available on the Nathan’s finals. In addition to betting on the overall winner (Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi and the field are the choices) 6 head to head matchups are also available. Crazy Legs Conti vs. Patrick Vandam is one of the choices even though Vandam has yet to qualify.
"Beautiful" Brian Seiken announces that he will be a judge in the 2009 Nathan's finals.
CBSAtlanta.com has a video of a contest Paul Barlow did to promote Saturday's Atlanta area Nathan's qualifier. update Part 2 is now available.
Youtube has a promo for I'm a Major League Eater, which will be televised on the Biography Channel on July 8. Tim Janus, Crazy Legs Conti, Juliet Lee and Tim Brown will be the featured eaters.
EatJax reports that all Woody's BBQ locations will hold a rib eating contest on July 11 awarding a $130 Q-Card to the winner. Most Woody's are in Florida (7 in Jacksonville) but there are two Tennessee locations and a new Raleigh, NC restaurant.
The WLOCE myspace page has a picture of Joe LaRue under the heading of "WLOCE new members"
Eagle's Deli in Boston will hold a 3 pound burger eating contest tomorrow to promote The Museum of Science new Black Holes exhibit. The winner will receive naming rights.
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